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Winter 2020 Under Construction Newsletter – Out Now!
The winter edition of Snell & Wilmer’s Under Construction newsletter is out now! This issue addresses: Employees’ Use of Social Media to Complain About Working; Tips for Mediation of the Toughest Construction Disputes; Overview of the ConsensusDocs® 900 Public-Private Partnership … Continue reading
Posted in California, NLRA, NLRB, Snell & Wilmer, Social Media
| Tagged California, Employees, NLRA, NLRB
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Employers May Require Confidentiality During Ongoing Disciplinary Investigations and Prohibit Use of Company Equipment for Nonbusiness Purposes
Overruling Obama-era precedent, on December 17 the National Labor Relations Board (Board) published two decisions that will significantly affect all employers. For more information, click here.
Posted in Confidentiality, Labor, NLRA, NLRB, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged NLRA, NLRB, Obama, Protected Concerted Activity, Unions
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Employers May Discontinue Checkoff of Union Dues at Expiration of Union Contract
In a December 16, 2019 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) held that employers’ statutory obligation to checkoff union dues pursuant to their union contracts ends when said contracts expire. Overruling relatively recent precedent, the Board based its decision on … Continue reading
Employees’ Use of Social Media to Complain About Working Conditions
Employers often confront the question of whether employees can be disciplined for using social media, such as Facebook, to communicate with other employees about complaints regarding terms and conditions of employment. Frequently some of those communications are expressed in terms … Continue reading
The Trend to Adopt Mandatory Employment Arbitration Programs
In recent years, many private sector employers have adopted mandatory arbitration programs for employment disputes, which their employees are required to sign as a condition of employment. Main objectives of those programs are the expeditious resolution of employment disputes and … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, NLRA, NLRB
| Tagged Arbitration, Employees, Employment Arbitration Agreements, NLRA, NLRB
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The Labor Board Gives Unionized Employers More Flexibility Managing Their Workforce
It is well established that, in general, employers, whose employees are represented by a union, commit unfair labor practices by making any material, substantial and significant change regarding most terms and conditions of employment affecting the unionized employees, without first … Continue reading
Intermittent Strikes Are Not Protected
A decision issued last week by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) should be noted by employers facing employee general demands for changes in terms and conditions of employment. The NLRB reaffirmed established law that a series of … Continue reading
United States Supreme Court Continues Its Trend of Enforcing Individual Employment Arbitration Agreements
Approximately one year ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, 548 U.S. ___ (2018), holding that class action waivers contained in arbitration agreements, including agreements between employers and their employees, are permissible … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Class Action
| Tagged Class Action Waiver, Employment Arbitration Agreements, Epic Systems, Ernst & Young LLP, Lamps Plus, Lewis, Morris, Murphy Oil, Ninth Circuit, NLRB, SCOTUS, Section 7, Supreme Court, Wage & Hour
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NLRB’s Email Rule May Be Coming to an End
In its 2014 decision Purple Communications Inc. and Communication Workers of America, the NLRB ruled that employees could generally use employers’ email systems to organize or engage in other concerted activities protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations … Continue reading
Posted in Handbook, Labor, NLRA, NLRB, Unions
| Tagged Company Email, Labor, NLRA, NLRB, Policy, Protected Communications, Protected Concerted Activity, Purple Communications, Section 7
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Back-peddling on Who Is the Employer: The NLRB Proposes a Revision to the Joint Employer Standard
In a 2015 controversial decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruled that, for purposes of federal labor law violations, a business may be deemed a joint employer of another company’s employees if the business had “indirect” control over those … Continue reading
Posted in NLRB, Uncategorized
| Tagged Joint Employer Status, Joint Employers, NLRB
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